10 Best Title Wins That Led To TERRIBLE Reigns | partsFUNknown

[@Tw0shedz08]

It’s totally insane that BOTH Seth and Kofi had their runs derailed by a random Lesnar victory within a couple of months of each other

[@BlueBoboDoo100]

Actually, I think Seth's loss to Brock almost saved his run. It ended his awful feud with Corbin, it was a cheap win via MitB so it didn't make Seth look weak, and he got a rematch and got to wrestle an actual great match with a clean victory over Brock. It was the Fiend that would derail Seth's reign and his entire babyface character permanently.

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

Let us have a moment of silence for the amazing title wins that were ruined by injury.

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

Vacant is a monster who hates everything good in the world.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

Salud!

[@AshRain-nu3vz]

Im still salty that Finn hasnt been a world champ on the main roster since...

[@urbaindelva7869]

​@@AshRain-nu3vz Ditto.

[@zanethind]

Finn Bálor and DB 😢

[@KingCanada]

I must say it's nice to see that, even with Adam no longer there, the reference to "Notable Prick Alberto Del Rio" still lives on.

[@malachiharris1103]

Adam calling someone a notable prick is the embodiment of irony.

[@cerburrows9380]

​@@malachiharris1103nothings been proven yet

[@djywrites]

Adams come and go, but Alberto Del Rio will *always* be a prick

[@malachiharris1103]

@@cerburrows9380 I can say the same for Del Rio, but that's something no one wants to hear.

[@MrTNY-ve5lp]

@kingcanada Tempest is the originator if I'm not mistaken

[@alexcameron8724]

Jeff Hardy as WWE and/or World Heavyweight Championship deserves a mention. Jeff spent a whole calendar year chasing the WWE Championship in 2008, and on his way became one of the most popular stars on the roster (certainly from my perspective anyway). When he finally won the title at Armageddon that year, he then lost the strap in his very first title defence, and I don't even remember if he even challenged for the belt ever again; he certainly never won it back anyway. After feuding with his brother for a bit, he then started feuding over the World Heavyweight Championship, won the belt in the main event of Extreme Rules only to be cashed in on immediately afterwards. He then won it again at Night of Champions, and again lost the strap in his first title defence and was released from the company the very next show. Yes okay, the WHC reigns cumulated in the 2009 Feud of the Year with CM Punk but it doesn't change the fact that WWE built Jeff into a main event calibre superstar for over a year, and then turned his three main event title reigns into utter jokes.

[@Deviitt11]

facts, he was so over back then and even sold more merch than Cena

[@Polyphony1987]

didn't he ruin it himself with substance abuse?

[@urbaindelva7869]

​@Polyphony1987 Not really, but that was probably a concern the company had.

[@camerondalton1495]

Considering what happened in TNA, perhaps they were right to be cautious.

[@camerondalton1495]

Considering Jeff's personal problems perhaps they were right to not give him super long reigns.

[@Kalel2.0]

No one believed Kofi was going to beat Brock but was it that hard to have him put up a decent fight for 15 minutes instead of making him look like a joke in 8 seconds my God was it frustrating. Also Christian deserved a better booked Reign instead of it being a transitional reign but hey we got that banger Orton feud😅

[@Mr_Oggie]

I always thought it was appropriate: All the New Day tag matches at the time were Big E teaming with either Kofi or Xavier and almost always went down the same way: Kofi or Xavier would start, they would get beaten up and on the brink of losing the match only to tag in Big E and have him save the day... It was great to see Kofi win the title, but it was a singles title and he couldn't tag in Big E so it had the right ending

[@night6724]

@@Mr_Oggie but Kofi was a singles guy before the new day

[@TheRealAhoy]

​@@Mr_OggieThese people all get together to cry about things and then go reward themselves with judgement. They don't care about any sound possible reasoning there could be everything is just a travesty.

[@17Master]

The frustrating part (to me) is that years before, Kofi had a match with Brock Lesnar. While he lost that one as well, he did get some offense in and avoided some of Brock's moves. Which makes it look like Kofi downgraded as a wrestler over all this time.

[@claytonrios1]

Daniel Bryans WrestleMania 30 match was remarkably similar to another triple threat at a different WrestleMania that involved a different underdog.

[@RTBigKahuna]

Rey Mysterio 🌝🌝

[@User-qp6cw]

Ah, yes. Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair vs Ronda Rousey.

[@claytonrios1]

​@@User-qp6cwI meant Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels and Triple H.

[@User-qp6cw]

@@claytonrios1 I know.

[@Kalel2.0]

The Story and builup in the WM 30 match was better however the from a Match quality point of view that certain Triple Threat at that Certain WM was better

[@1992geop]

Honorable mentions: trick Williams’ north American title reign, Mina Shirakawa’s wonder of stardom belt reign, Rey mysterio’s word title reign

[@Spacewizzard090]

"Scandalous Accoutrement" is a delightful phrase, thank you for saying it to me, Professor Daniel Layton

[@jonathanhorner387]

7:35 - saying that Daniel Bryan's title win at WM 30 'lives in infamy'. Umm... might want to check what infamy means Dan.

[@miketsamasiros3960]

Dan Layton has done a FANTASTIC job of providing us with great, entertaining, comedic narrating to the lists since Adam has been gone.

[@geraldo.lino.delgado]

I'll say that Rey Mysterio's one and only WWE championship reign that lasted less that one day, deserves a spot in this list

[@MRW1NKLE]

Rey's WHC title reign afte wrestlemania 22 sucked too

[@whoishe113]

A bit from the dolph one is hilarious because Vince doing it for a quick pop is being described as a bad thing and on a bad list but is exactly what people wanted to be done with Drew v Roman & then again with Sami v Roman

[@TiVo67]

You can do a whole another list. Here’s some that come to mind: Diesel (House Show Nov 94) Kevin Nash (Starrcade 98) Dean Ambrose (MITB18) Chris Benoit (WMXX) Randy Orton (SS04) Goldberg (Nitro July 98) Andre the Giant (The Main Event) Finn Balor (SS16) Hulk Hogan (WM9) Sting (TGAB90)

[@night6724]

But Balor and Andre relinquished the title immediately after they won it

[@TiVo67]

@@night6724 which makes em disappointing reigns.

[@Reagmaster]

I’m shocked Jeff Hardy’s first WWE Championship run didn’t make the list.

[@John_Smith_101]

Regarding #4, let me point out that Charlotte's win was most definitely *not* clean. Not only was there the aspect of picking on a tired Becky who had just fought Lacey Evans, Lacey herself interfered in the second match and hit Becky with her finisher before Charlotte won.

[@Deviitt11]

Christian deserved a lengthy reign with the Big Gold, I was so pissed when he lost it, Orton even said in an interview he felt bad for him 😢

[@neighslayer768]

Honorable mention to Tetsuya Naito. Finally climbs back to the top of the mountain, wins the IWGP IC and Heavyweight titles across two nights and finally has his LIJ role call... interrupted by KENTA. Which was okay. The heat was nuclear. The match was good. But sadly, it was Naito's only defense as champ, before the pandemic hit. After that he'd hot potato the belt to and from EVIL in the worst heel turn ever and Naito would have to take a back seat to Kota Ibushi and Will Osprey.

[@dashtoroya2838]

Well I agree with you. But evil's heel turn was actually great, and everyone hoped he and naito would main event wrestle kingdom next year. But it never happened and the booking of evil made him even more terrible

[@JaimeD.]

Thanks Dan and PFK for the video.

[@immersion726]

I think we could easily have a sequel to this list. Naito 2020, Hangman Page 2022, Trick Williams VERY RECENTLY, Rey Mysterio (take your pick tbh), Jeff Hardy's WWE Championship win, Randy Orton 2004, Finn Balor 2016 we could go on and on tbh

[@PositivelySunshine]

It seems like a glaring omission to not include Ultimate Warrior on this list

[@andrewbriggs9796]

Man, Dolph could have been a mega star but they would continue to pull the rug out on him. Dude can work

[@unforcedterror3136]

The Rock Backlash 2000. Finally winning in style after the disappointing Mania main event, everything felt right: molten hot crowd, Austin run-in, McMahons get their overdue comeuppance…..only to drop it right back to HHH at the next PPV.

[@benjaminrosa1418]

Tetsuya Naito winning the championship for the IWGP and Intercontinental. A great story years in the making, helped by New Japan's boom of popularity, Showbuckle's videos, and beating a John Cena type supergod in Okada. And saying that it was a horrible reign is a understatement: pandemic came (not his fault) but what came after was horrible as Gedo making "nice midcarder and edghy babyface" EVIL into a heel main eventer that constantly had crappy finishes and wasn't a stable main eventer. With that, it immediately killed any buzz NJPW had after losing Omega, and it's sure to say that it never recovered in the eyes of western fandom, being considered the promotion to harvest eventual dream matches once in a while, and splitting the best nontraditional babyface stable there was in NJPW, which even if it gave us repetitive matches, it was fundamental to understand alignments. Also ruined the leftovers of Bullet Club with whatever House of Torture was, and now i think the champion is SANADA in the inmaginative and totally random Just 5/4 Guys. All can be traced back to Gedo not knowing what to do after Naito winning the championship, didn't have credible rivals or willing to elevate anyone. I know the pandemic is a handicap, but could be worked around. I even imported two Los Ingobernables de Japón caps being in Europe. Now i can hardly know who is even there. But this maybe be a "just me" problem. To be uninstrested in watching awesome wrestling i could watch at morning, takes a lot of merit to do that. I've read some things at Cagematch about what happened at the pandemic, and if you thought WWE doesn't know what to do with the tag division, wait to see about all the changes. Changes are nice if done well, but NJPW post Wrestlekingdom 2020 is like what Lisa Simpson told Mr Burns about what his political campaign looked like: a downhill train without brakes.

[@ninad.twentyone]

This is written very nicely, well said and highly agreed

[@benjaminrosa1418]

@@ninad.twentyone Thanks. Let's consider this an honorable mention.

[@SESauvie]

I think you could put Goldberg's win against hogan on this list too. He had the title and he was down the card while Jay Leno and NWO nonsense were at the main event until he lost via tazer.

[@nicktaylor2657]

That was WCW

[@SESauvie]

@@nicktaylor2657 This list isn't just about WWE. I think one of the loudest crowds for a title win of all time turning into nothing is worth a shout at the very least.

[@camerondalton1495]

Honestly the Jay Leno one some made sense as it was meant for mor mainstream appeal. The issue is that Goldberg only had two defenses before he lost the belt. Almost as of the company had no idea how to book a dominant Babyface champion and decided to cut the legs out from him. Somehow CM Punk mainevented more shows than Goldberg as champ.

[@kreishon]

Calling Randy and Christian’s feud as, “Really solid”, is underselling it. It was great and the best thing WWE did that year

[@urbaindelva7869]

Honorable mentions: Trick Williams - North American Title Rey Mysterio - World Heavyweight Title (2006), WWE Title (2011) Big E - WWE Title James Storm - TNA World Title (2011) Seth Rollins - First Universal Title reign Jeff Hardy - WWE Title (2008), World Heavyweight Title (2009) Finn Balor - Universal Title Zack Ryder - IC Title

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Lex Luger winning the WCW Title off Hollywood Hogan on Nitro in 1997 was a pivotal moment in my early wrestling fandom, only to be wrecked in less than a week when Hollywood won it back at Road Wild, brother!

[@camerondalton1495]

To be fair, the plan was always for Sting to dethrone Hogan at Starcade. Luger wasn't meant to win. Luger won because people knew a loss would kill his momentum.

[@bubbajoshproductions3990]

Kane at King Of The Ring when he defeated Austin to win the WWF Championship only to lose it back to Austin 24 hours later on Raw

[@waderace4084]

Jeff Hardy winning the WWE Championship at Armageddon 2008 and then losing it at Royal Rumble 2009 to feud with Matt Hardy was so disappointing. Such an awesome win followed by such a shitty feud

[@christophermccray6528]

CM Punk with the AEW world title was immediately on my mind.

[@aaronmock6157]

Dolph... smh And now he'll get a big pop in AEW when he arrives, have a couple weeks of programming, then disappear back into obscurity. The Showoff deserves better.

[@jank0pf]

I would put Kerry Von Erich (after no other than Ric Flair for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship), Jeff Hardy and Tetsuya Naito in this list

[@dj-hyrul3654]

Number 9: "I was gonna be the top guy soon, but then I got High" *Ooooooooooo* "They were gonna push me to the Moon, but then I got High" *La da da dadada* "Now I'm jobbing out to Big Show, and I know why!" *Why Man?!* "Because I got High, Because I got High, *Because I got Hiiiiiigh* "

[@850bigboy]

big e's wwe title would have been a good candidate for this list as well as sami & ko's tag title reign & even though asuka's smackdown title reign was bad i feel like her recent reign as women's champion was probably the more worst of the two

[@IzscopeX]

isn’t Vince McMahon now literally a billionaire after the sale of WWE to Endeavour? so that quote doesn’t exactly work anymore

[@Saint_Svadhisthana_Sahasrara_1]

Jeff Hardy’s first WWE championship win would be number 1 on this list for me.

[@HelloSayEm6]

What about Rey's win in 2006? That was bad as well.

[@ABigBowlOfChips]

And his WWE Championship reign was short lived after just winning it

[@dripsoup6639]

NPADR made me chuckle when I put it together.

[@nathangibbs7149]

Babe Dan's back! Get the popcorn!

[@TheLonelySoulja]

Becky is over hyped as hell, BUT I do agree there was no point taking the belt off Becky then Charlotte getting cashed in on a few mins later. I a Charlotte fan, but I hate when they keep doing that.

[@stevenashley27]

Christian was actually brought back in 2008 when his TNA contract expired and then won the ECW title in 2009

[@coreymallard6650]

Agree with every entry other than Becky. I wouldn’t have even had her drop the belts at MITB. I’d have had her retain both titles, bring her ego to a boiling point and constantly putting down Bayley, saying she doesn’t have the guts to cash-in because of who she is. Bayley cashing in on Becky after two title defences would’ve destroyed her character, as she was a BIG babyface at the time. Instead, build that story so Becky looks strong, gets drunk on her own ego and power, have the audience rally behind Bayley and lead to a big payoff cash-in a couple months down the line. Giving Becky a strong title run and Bayley a solid story that shows her character progressing ready for a new run as champ.

[@adultishgambino1]

There should be a different list for great wins followed by injuries because Bryan and punk weren’t bad terrible reigns just bad outcomes

[@1forallful]

Despite his legal issues, I think you could put all Jeff Hardy's World title runs in WWE on this list, too.

[@dylanogg347]

Slight correction here: Lynch didn't lose the SmackDown! Women's Championship clean. Flair pinned her after Lacey Evans decked her.

[@jchase111]

SHOCKED Big E’s wasn’t on here

[@dheemidheemi]

Why put Bryan in the list when his reign was impacted by injuries within two months of his win?

[@keithwilmoth5516]

Before watching the video Jeff Hardy's world heavyweight championship win against Edge comes to mind cause, you know, lasted all 2 minutes lol

[@tekkenaddict1]

Liv Morgan's Smackdown Women's Championship reign. Great Cash in. Horrible Reign

[@naoufeletthaiji3070]

Just a quick correction, becky lost due to lacey's intervention

[@zanethind]

Bálor not getting another World Title reign is still unjust. Hopefully he can get a proper World Title run since he has no tag titles now

[@TheRealAhoy]

They had Charlotte beat becky that night SO they could tell stories lol, Becks was on raw and didn't need to feud with Bayley, it just set up a feud right there.

[@jmls3584]

I actually think Kofi's reign wasn't thaaat bad. It was pretty long and he was booked strong through the whole thing. The feuds weren't anything special and the ending sucked, but I feel like it was a somewhat solid run compared to the others on the list. Rey Mysterio or Big E could've taken his spot.

[@killingragethrowback]

Vince was never and will never be interested in a healthy wrestling community. Mcmahon just wants to be the God of that world, the one that has all the power.

[@night6724]

Why would McMahon allow his title belt to appear on another promotion?

[@RegularGuy1998]

Rey Mysterios's 2006 WHC reign

[@neighslayer768]

Screw it. Put all of Rey's world title wins up there.

[@KingTruffles]

@@neighslayer768 Him losing to Cena like an hour after winning the WWE title still pisses me off. I was a huge Cena fan at that time too but I started getting tired of him after that

[@vi4502]

Honorable mention Rey Mysterio WWE championship Jeff Hardy wwe championship Sasha banks raw women's championship

[@BigSmokeJitsu]

Big E title run Is a honorable mention

[@Corvy952]

Cm punk breaking his ankle 3 days getting the aew title is one of the funniest most cathartic moment in wrestling history. Check my comment history I’ve never been a punk fan nor a fan of his return. I gave it a shot and gave up on his run halfway through his first aew run dudes the most overrated wrestler of the last 20 years. Now that he’s gone it feels like vindication for me. Was right all along this guys mouth will ruin any prospects of a long term wrestling (or any) career no matter where it is. If he goes back to wwe I give it a year and half to 3 years total. Maybe 6 months before he inevitably hurts himself or gets hurt again

[@urbaindelva7869]

First of all, you're a prick for laughing at his injury. It doesn't matter if you dislike him. No wrestler deserves to be injured. Also, the man has already had a long-term wrestling career, so clearly his mouth didn't prevent that from happening. His mouth is part of the reason why he's been so successful overall, why so many fans regained their interest in wrestling (or WWE, at least) after his 'pipebomb' and still chanted his name while he was gone.

[@theJway822]

Big E and Edge’s first reign in 2006 both belong here

[@samurai_faith]

Jeff Hardy 2008-2009, amazing victory, no reign at all

[@BigWes95]

Sami and Kevin's tag run was really bad considering how hot they were going into mania

[@ShaunInce123]

Daniel Bryan's reign probably would have went the same way Benoit's did. The luster would have worn off eventually. The Shield vs Evolution was the hotter feud post Wrestlemania 30, same with the breakup that happens later.

[@camerondalton1495]

He also would've been the one squashed by Brock at SummerSlam which would have killed the Yes Movement beyond repair.

[@Drew-dy4hc]

How can we forget HBK 2002?

[@WorkShoot]

If Cody won at Mania 39, his reign would be on this list. But some people aren’t ready for that conversation.

[@genesis4322]

Such a shame Kofi's entire main event career was buried by the Lesnar match. Real nice of WWE to feed Kofi to Lesnar so he looks more legitimate.

[@gatesofwrestling]

RVD was not stripped of the wwe championship. He lost it to Edge in a triple threat match on raw they had with Cena.

[@Sinnach87]

Maybe he meant it in the way that losing the title was basically him getting stripped of it.

[@night6724]

Tbh I don’t think RVD would’ve been WWE champ very long. Even RVD said WWE didn’t have clear plans for him so he probably would’ve lost the belt early

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

And then he lost the ECW Title to Big Show the next night as the new ECW was strangled in its cradle.

[@Burwell14]

Why does Dan sound like he’s in a hallway recording this?

[@jodaberg]

Rey Mysterio losing the wwe title the same night he won it for the first time will always be an extra level of slap-in-the-face BS

[@adammarrow5980]

How about Ultimate Warrior’s run in 1990

[@ScottYoung29]

Big E should be a stick on for this list

[@friendly-neighborhoodblack4156]

Daniel Bryan Danielson Bryan 😂😂

[@unholyperiodza5442]

You forgot Randy Ortons Summerslam 2004 win against Chris Benoit. A great ending as they shook hands feeling like a great way to pass the torch until Triple H turned on Orton and beat him for the title a month later.

[@kevinfrank8164]

I’m surprised you went with Shida’s second title reign which was fine as opposed to the first when she sat in the audience for most of a year and did almost nothing

[@stuartpenzer773]

Her 1st reign carried the division through the pandemic. Her 2nd lasted a week

[@whoishe113]

In Becky’s defense, bayley, the baby face might not get the same pop cashing on baby face Becky as she would with Charlotte. (Someone no one wants to see as champ) so it makes sense to for Becky to lose and it doesn’t weaken Becky cause she had a match earlier in the night, also she lost to the goat, (arguably) Then the baby face Bayley saved the day. That part makes the Bayley pop even louder

[@whoishe113]

Also bayley ends up going heel on a generational run for herself and saving the pandemic

[@davidpykee]

Finn Balor is one of the biggest what could’ve been stories ever

[@zanethind]

Injuries takeover what could've been a great Title reign and screw the bookers for booking it wrong and the wrestlers poor choices

[@JackOfLads]

Nah seriously though, where's Adam...? Did a miss a press release? Has some crime been committed I'm unaware of? What am I missing? Someone please help explain.

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Apparently Adam backslid on his sobriety and went all pervylocks on a WT staffer

[@bringbackskylanders1639]

Where's Hangman page He had great matches but never felt like the best

[@dlcdnl]

No way Big E isn't on this list

[@CarsonSenseney_metal_head666]

What about Raven in TNA?

[@DMA111]

Now do the opposite, worst title wins that led to amazing reigns

[@nicktaylor2657]

Kofi reign wasn't that bad It was him losing to Brock Lesnar in 9 seconds on the first episode of Smackdown on FOX that brings it down 👎

[@aztecwrrior1997]

0:26 fkn twice now 1st she beats Toni Storm at Dynamite episode 200 for the AEW Woman's Championship only to lose to Saraya in front of 80,000+ in Wembley a mere 25 days later which leads to.... 🔽 2nd beats Saraya to begin her third reign with the title only to lose it not that long later back to Toni Storm at Full Gear a mere 6 days ago after 39 days (as of this writing) Talk about a couple of BS reigns and people wonder why AEW is made fun of

[@dylanogg347]

Kingston's Reign wasn't terrible, but the ending was. And it's "nice" to see that the folks at this channel still possesses an irrational hatred of children after the second departure of Mr. Ding.

[@BreakerX42]

Every. Single. Mysterio win. I love Rey but MAN his reigns were nothing.

[@nasirthesenatejohnson6935]

Don't forget about Big E

[@l2jnichol1986]

No love for Liv Morgan?!

[@amuntakhar6081]

It’s crazy how they always hate on Jinder and the Indian wrestlers, racism 🔥

[@DarrenNoFun]

Uso's drink and drive and are rewarded with a long big title reign. Rvd has some weed on him and OH LORD it's like he murdered a baby. What Vince decided to get angry at is baffling... But Vince also views sexual assault as acceptable so maybe his opinion doesn't matter.

[@thunderb4stard80]

Here i go: wish me luck. CM punk is the most overrated man ever. He stole almost every good line from movies and songs, never had a great match that samoa joe wasnt involved in and the money in the bank match is about 2 stars overrated. Oh but wait they booked him to go over supercena and take the belt away from wwe, well that was goddamned obviously the only good booking idea, honestly i could have booked that at the time and i was 10

[@laronnpowell1700]

I'm just here to hear bad things about Daniel Bryan. Please and thank you..

[@SomeGuy-rc2lc]

Dan, You've had a few videos now and I've accepted you as a suitable replacement for notable prick, yet a damn good list read, Adam. Well done.

[@plasmapetey]

Bandido ROH world championship 2021

[@jordanj.scavone224]

Zach Ryder's US Title win/run

[@thomaspanicola7548]

We need more dan lists

[@therealslimshanky4393]

Shida didn't have to qualify.

[@dpistons149]

All of these are so recent. Hmmmm

[@romanwagner2691]

Adam completely gone?

[@rafacastillo9611]

I like Dan but when is Adam coming back from his vacation?

[@MeirNissim-c1t]

HE’S NOT COMING BACK move on with your life

[@rafacastillo9611]

@@MeirNissim-c1t well I just went to search on my own to find out why he hasn't appeared recently, but thank you for your absolutely useless contribution by not saying why he's not here. Seriously, I appreciate your worthlessness. I now know how your parents feel about you.

[@nfullenwider]

He's not. He left the company.

[@DiarraHarris]

Never.

[@Fear_The_Spear-1006]

True. Hope he comes back.

[@laronnpowell1700]

Christian = Captain CoatTail